Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-16
THE vITRIOL CASE.
what sacramento people Say o.
Hsparle.

There was nothing new in the visrioi
case yesterday. Rozelle and bis wife
are still ia jail, and are becoming recou-
ciled to their quarters. 1t remained for
the Times to dig out theory of the
affair which will require the examina.
ton Of physician to subslantiaie.
Petrie is still IN a most dangerous condi-
ton, but wss eighty better yesterday.
The Sacramento Bee says:
The vitriol episode at Los Angeles on
last Tuesday, an account Of which ap
peared in yesterdays Bee, created sen
sation in this city, as Charles IL. Petrie,
the victim of Mrs. Rozele's wrath, was
known here, especially among railroad
men. Petrie, until about two years age,
ran locomotive cut of Rocklin, and at
his own request Master Mechanic Ste.
vens transferred him to Los Angeles.
Those who knew him here were as.
founded at the fearful affair, and sym
pathy was expressed for him, as he was
we'll and favorably known along the line
of the Central Pacific. He is about 20
years of age and was a fine looking man.
His parents reside in Virginia City,
where his father is chief engineer of
the 0phir and other Comstock mines.
His uncle, VIM. M. Petrie, of this city,
was called upon this morning by Bee
reporter. He regretted that his nephew
should be the victim of this horrible
affair. ''He Is not bad man. said
MIR. Petrie with much feeling. "He is
q sober and industrious young man, and
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in the country" Mr.. Petrie said be
could not understand and did not know
what relations existed between his
nephew and Mrs. Rozelle.
Said railroad engineer to Bee
reporter: "This woman threw the
viiriol in Petrie's face because she was
Jealous of his attentions to another
woman. | will contribute IS TO assist
in the prosecution. of the fendish fe-
male"
On February %, 1855, at Auburn, en-
gipeer Petrie married a handsome girl
named Liboie f. Graham, who was EN-.
ployed in the telephone office in this city
when it first opened. 1t appears that
they did not live happily together, for
during July of last year Libbie COM
menced proceedings in the Superior
Court Of this county to dissolve the
bonds of mRtrimony existing between
them. She alleged in ber complaint that
her husband seized her by the throat
aud violently threw her upon the floor
and choked her during june 1885. She
said that he was a mau of violent temper
and for slight and trivial causes would
become violently angry. He was in the
habit of calling her vile names. She fur
ther alleged that his fits of anger were
frequent, sometimes occurring as often as
| three times a week, which commenced
soon after their marriage.
/ She further charged him with being
guilty Of adultery. She asserts that on
April |, 1856, in Los Angeles, in a room
connected with the engine of the City
Fire Department, be had relations with
female whose name she did not know.
She therefore asked that she be granted
o divorce upon the grounds of extreme
cruelty and adultery.
To this complaint Petrie. by two Los
! Angeles attorneys, filed demurrer and
motion for a change OF venue to Los An
geles. The case never came to a con-
clusion, as Petrie and his wife came
together again after few months. Mrs.
petrie. notwithstanding her divorce pro-
ceedings, loved her husband and let the
matter drop. 1t seems, however, that
they are now separated for good. She
is now in this city.
The assault of the viiriol thrower was
a most cowardly and despicable one, and
the wretched female should be severely
punished. 1t is pity that there is not
some law to reach the husband. No mat.
ter whether his story be true or not, he
is contemplate dog A man whose
wife has been insulted who, in place of
resening that insult himself in person,
prevails upon her to mar the fellow $
countepance in such brutally Infamous
manner, is cur whom it were com
| pliment to denoninale human being.